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$1.7b Invested to Build 20 Power Plants in Iran

By the end of the current fiscal year (March 2020) 20 power plants will come online soon, the Energy Minister said.
With total capacity of 3,000 megawatts, the plants are under construction in 13 provinces, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported Reza Ardakanian as saying.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a 7 MW solar power station in Sarbisheh, South Khorasan Province, Ardakanian said $1.75 billion has been invested by private companies and the government to build the 20 power plants.
Steam-powered plants, gas-powered stations and combined-cycle plants comprise 80.8% of the total electricity production of 81 GW.

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